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Features include: The World's Loneliest Island - Arthur Scholes on Heard Island, Antarctica; All Aboard for Adventure (part II) - Five young Americans set out in a sailboat for tropic seas; The Indians of Guatemala - colourful glimpses; Mountain Rescue - A Night Adventure on Bedean nam Bian, the loftiest mountain in Argyllshire, Scotland; The Warning - a tale of premonition; The Mysterious Stranger - a tale from the wilds of Tibet; Poll Chunk's Son - A Drama of Real-Life in the mountains of Kentucky; Noosing Wild Buffalo in Ceylon; The Hidden Pass - A strange story of the early days of Canadian railway development and the "Ice-Man of Revelstoke"; Land Without Women - the holy community of Mount Athos and its monestary of Simonpetra; A Riddle of the Bush - an Australian story; The Robin Hood of Sicily; In the Shadow of Ju-Ju - remarkable cases from West Africa; Pirate Treasure - Pirates were not unknown in Newfoundland at the time of the American War of Independence; Quack Doctors in Burma. Illustrated in black and white. Above-average wear to exterior with openings at covers. Contents good. Magazine
Near VG hbk reprint bound in red cloth, black spine lettering. Covers a little warped. 22617. eng
London, Smith, Elder & Co., 1905. Royal8vo. Uncut in 2 orig. full blue cloth, gold medaillons on covers. Light rubbing to corners and edges. Spineends a bit frayed and with 2 small repairs. Inner hinges neatly strenghtened. Stamp on half-and title-pages.Top-edge gilt. 2 Frontispieces in photogravure. XX,556,XII,508 pp., 260 photographic illustr. on plates, 12 colourplates, panoramas and 5 maps (2 in pockets at ends). Internally clean and fine.
Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1860. Contemp. hcalf. Raised bands, gilt spine, titlelabel with gilt lettering. XXIII,(1),375 pp., 20 plates (maps, charts, views, facsimile) and some textillustrations. Clean and fine.
Cophagen, 1927. Royal8vo. VI,209 pp. Textillustr.
Copenhagen, 1910. Royal8vo. Uncut, unopened in the original printed wrappers. 236 pp., 7 plates (6 in colour), many textillustr
Copenhagen, 1962. 4to. 49 pp. With dedication.
(Copenhagen, DMI, 1893-1930). Small folio. The issues 1893-1915 are all bound with all the original printed wrappers (stating that they are off-prints) for every issue (except for the front wrapper for the first issue) in four near contemporary blue half cloth bindings with gilt titles and years to spine. The issues 1916-1930 are all present in the original printed wrappers and housed in three custom-made slipcases identical to the four preceding volumes. Ste back wrapper of the 1924-issue is loose. Otherwise the set is generally in excellent condition, with stamps from the Danish Meteorological Institute, in the holdings of which it has been until the present day. With numerous charts and maps throughout.
Copenhagen, 1858. Royal8vo. Orig. printed wrappers. 52 pp. and textillustrations.
Newton Abbott, 1973, 8vo tutta tela con sovraccopertina illustrata a colori, pp. 316 con numerose illustrazioni in nero
Copenhagen, 1951. Royal8vo. With dedicaton on title.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965. Orig. full cloth in dustwrapper. XV, 384 pp. Old name on flyleaf.
London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. 4to. Orig. full pictorial cloth, uncut, gilt medaillon-portrait of Peary on frontcover. Rebacked, preserving most of original spine. Edgewear and rubbed. Stamp on title-page. XII,326 pp., 4 photogravures (incl. frontispiece), 116 photographic plates and 1 folded map (repaired on verso). A few leaves at end loose. Internally clean.
152 pages. Features: LBJ cover photos; The Qualities That Make a President; 100 Years of History in the White House in two pages of photos; LBJ - Master of the Art of the Possible; The Legacy of the 1,000 Days - JFK declared that his task would only be begun in his first 1,000 days; Twelve Great Problems for a New President; The American Tradition - Four Symbols; The Negro Child Asks "Why?" - why the violence and hate?; Are Machines More important than People?; Observations of a Freshman in Congress - Clarence D. Long; To Divorce Art from Money-Making; Six Million Woman Volunteered in the 1960 Election; The Most Expensive Family Album - Paintings of Britain's Royal Children; Thirty Years Ago - Prohibition Died; The Noise Problems of Apartment Living; Times Change in Antarctica - photos; Three photos of Las Vegas; Swimwear fashion photos; Toys are for Playing; Photos of the Modern Art of Stenciling; Ballet for Children; Britons Succumb to "Beatlemania' - article with photos; and more. Ads: Lovely fashion ads; The new Caron Derringer; Helen Harper ad features Seal Cove, Maine lobstermen; Rolex ad features photo of Maurice Chevalier; Fantastic color-photo centerfold features 12 young girls in their "Style Undies"; Color Accutron ad features photo of admiring men; Super one-page color photo ad for Indian Head's new fabrics features native man in suit with woman; Pepperidge Farm Chocolate Partait Cake; Ronson home appliances; Nice one-page color-photo ad for Shakespeare cigars features "Mr. Havana Cigar", Ralph Schuyler Williams; Boca Raton Hotel and Club; Horsman Dolls. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy Book
Copenhagen, 1949. Royal8vo. 85 pp., textillustr., 1 table and 8 plates.
London, s.d. (1960 c.a) 8vo tutta tela con sovraccopertina, ill. pp. 206 con ill. fot. in tav. f.t.
B&W Photographs; 12mo; 279 pages
London, John Saunders, 1835/1836. Later solid hclad. Gilt lettering to spine. Old name on title-page. Engraved portrait, Engraved title-page (dated 1835) and printed title-page (dated 1836). (2),II,716,44 pp., 1 engraved map, 6 engraved plates, 1 folded table. Some foxing to portrait, engraved title-page and plates. 2 plates with a small closed tear. Light browning to a few quires.
London, (1956). Orig. full cloth with dustjacket. 295 pp., illustrated.
38 pages. Features: In Castro's Cuba; Which Europe for US?; Festival Highlights; Ulster Battles; Antarctica; New Finds from New Paphos; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding sound. Magazine
Lex8vo. Frontisp. i farver, 228 pp., tekstillustr, 5 plancher og 5 foldekort.
Lex8vo. Orig.omslag med dedikation. 88),228 pp., textillustr., 10 plates (incl. 5 fold. maps). Small tear in margins of 2 lvs.
London, William Heinesen, (1915). Royal8vo. 2 original blue pictorial full cloth. Gilt spines and gilt lettering to covers. Upper covers with illustration in silver-print. Very light wear to spineends. A stamp on title-pages. 2 frontispieces in heliogravure. XXX,349 XIII,338,(2) pp. Profusely illustrated with plates, maps and textillustrations, 3 folded maps in pocket at end. Clean and fine.
London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, n.d. (ca. 1890). Orig. full pictorial cloth. Light wear to top of spine. Spine faded. Frontispiece. XVI,336 pp., 1 folded map. Textillustrations and plates. Internally clean and fine.
91pp.with illustrations (maps & photos), 26cm., in the series "Mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België. Klasse der Wetenschappen" year 26 no.8, original softcover, dustwrapper, good condition, Text in English, W73127